Necktie rack

ABSTRACT

A necktie rack having a plurality of removeable legs, each leg for supporting a necktie and anchored through a cylindrical aperture in an elongated supporting rack, each leg having a first end portion, a middle portion and a second end portion, said first end portion engaged through said aperature, said middle portion for receiving and supporting a necktie and said second end portion resiliently in contact with said first end portion, thereby removeably locking said leg to said supporting rack.

United States Patent Rock 1 Dec. 5, 1972 541 NECKTIE RACK 3,487,652 11/1949 Heinrich ..211/106 x 72 Inventor: Salvatore J. Rock 1 09 Brickell 2,901,116 8/1959 Daley ..211/13 Avenue, Apt. 4l7, Miami, Fla. 33 29 Primary Examiner-Nile C. Byers, Jr.

L. H Filed: Sept. 1970 Attorney Eugene F Malm and Barry aley [2]] Appl. No.: 69,400 [57] ABSTRACT A necktie rack having a plurality of removeable legs, [52] U.S. Cl ..211/13, 21 1/106 each leg for supporting a necktie and anchored [51] lnLCl. ..A47f 7/00 through a cylindrical aperture in an elongated sup- [58] Fleld of Search ..2ll/l3, 96, 99, 100, l05.2, po -ting rack, each leg having a first end portion 3 211/106 middle portion and a second end portion, said first end portion engaged through said aperature, said mid- [56] References cued dle portion for receiving and supporting a necktie and UNITED STATES PATENTS said second end portion resiliently in contact with said first end portion, thereby removeably locking said leg 605,633 6/1898 Deragon ..21 1 I106 x to Said Supporting rack. 684,461 l0/l90l Richards ..2ll/106X 2,473,029 6/1949 Kovacs ..211/106 X 2 Claims, 5 Drawing Figures iii ml 1,

Ill in l I NECKTIE RACK This invention relates to racks for neckties and and provides usefulness and practicability and requires very little space, and is capable of easily and quickly placing and removing ties with little or no effort, and will never slip off once they are in place. This unique device having a simplified construction and durability which is relatively inexpensive to manufacture while highly efficient in use.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which like reference characters designate like parts in all the views, and in which:

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of the rack, partly broken away and in section;

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the rack shown in FIG. 1 a special designed sectional parts 12 and snap on clip locked in position;

FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view on the plane indicated by the line 3-3 in FIG. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows;

FIG. 4 is a side view on the plane indicated by the line 4-4 in FIG. 2, looking in the direction of the arrows, and complete side view of the construction of the sectional part 12, of FIG. 2; and

FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of one of the tie receiving and holding members or clips, detached from the supporting base.

As will be readily understood from the drawing, the present rack comprises an elongated generally rectangular flat base member provided with an appropriate apertures 11 for the reception of screws, nails or similar fastening elements where by the rack may be secured to a wall, door or the like.

Extending longitudinally of the base 10 projecting forwardly from the face thereof, is a sectional part 12' with a special designed tracks here shown are secured to the base by dowel pins 13. If desired however, the base and the special designed tracks may be formed integrally especially if they be made of metal or plastic materials, each sectional part is provided with one vertical hole 14 and is oscillatably mounted a tie receiving member or clip 15, as best shown in FIG. 1, 2 and 3 in the same sectional part are tracks 16 and 17 designed to slide clips downwardly untill they snap and lock. As best shown in FIG. 3 and 4, each of these clips comprises a length of resilient wire thrice reversely bent upon itself at 18, 19 and 20 to provide superposed spaced legs 21, 22, 23 and 24. The rearward end of the uppermost leg 21 is bent downwardly at a substantially left angle, as at 25, while the corresponding portion of the lowermost leg is straight, as at 24.

The lower pair of legs 23 and 24 are somewhat longer and extend beyond the forward portion of the upper pair of legs 21 and 22, legs 22 and 23 are substantially bent in an angle to prevent any unintentionally displacement of ties.

The clips are so constructed to snap on and lock, the leg 25 is inserted into the vertical hole 14 which best shown in FIG. 3 and by continual pressing clips downwardly leg 25 expands outwardly and down 16 and falls inwardly to 17, is best shown in FIG. 4 and with horizontal and vertical resiliency to meet with leg 25 causing the clip to lock.

The constructed CllPS that are In their free or detached state shown in FIG. 5 the legs 21 and 22 constuting the upper pair are slightly divergent, as are also the legs 23 and 24 constuting the lower pair. However, the resilience the metal permits the several legs to be manually pressed toward one another whereby one end 25 may be inserted into the hole 14 causing the clips to lock and be retained in the hole by said resilient of wire, with all of the legs substantially parallel relation as depicted in FIG. 5.

The neckties may be readily slid with a little pressure into the spaces 26between the legs 22 and 23, the little pressure of sliding the neckties tends to create some resilience so ties will never slip off, also the upward angle of leg 23 tends to prevent any unintentionally displacement of ties therefrom. The angle end portion of leg 25 and the straight or horizontal leg 24 of the uppermost and lowermost legs serve as journals which permits the clips to be individually swung to either side, as indicated in broken lines in FIG. 1, for the display of the several ties and/or to facilitate their introduction into and removal from the clips.

What is claimed is:

l. A tie-rack comprising:

a supporting board for attachment to a wall or the like,

at least one mount rigidly fixed to said board, said mount having a vertical sleeve with a top and a bottom,-

at least one supporting arm having a first portion receivable in said mount sleeve, and a second portion substantially perpendicular and coplanor with said first portion, and a third portion resiliently engaged with said first portion.

2. A tie-rack as in claim 1, wherein:

said second portion includes a U-shaped section for receiving a necktie, and

said first arm portion is resiliently engaged with said mount sleeve bottom. 

1. A tie-rack comprising: a supporting board for attachment to a wall or the like, at least one mount rigidly fixed to said board, said mount having a vertical sleeve with a top and a bottom, at least one supporting arm having a first portion receivable in said mount sleeve, and a second portion substantially perpendicular and coplanor with said first portion, and a third portion resiliently engaged with said first portion.
 2. A tie-rack as in claim 1, wherein: said second portion includes a U-shaped section for receiving a necktie, and said first arm portion is resiliently engaged with said mount sleeve bottom. 